John Groves (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Groves (cricketer)

Jamaican cricket player and administrator

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1914

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1996

Profession: association football player, cricketer

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Miller Groves (21 July 1914 – 19 January 1996) was a cricket player and administrator who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1935 to 1950. After attending St.
George's College he worked as an accountant.
He played two first-class matches as an opening batsman for Jamaica against MCC in 1934-35, and one as a middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper against the touring Yorkshire team in 1935-36.
After the war he captained a young Jamaican team on its two-match tour of Trinidad in 1949-50, making his highest first-class score of 38 in the second match, batting at number four.
He also captained a Jamaica Colts side against British Guiana in a five-day non-first-class match in 1956-57.He later served as Secretary to the West Indies Cricket Board of Control.
He also represented Jamaica at football and was a football referee.Groves was a Roman Catholic.
He married Irma Maxwell in 1940, and they had a son and a daughter.
He died in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, in 1996.